Australia at the OFC Nations Cup

The Australia national association football team represented Australia at the OFC Nations Cup from 1980 to 2004.[1]

OFC Nations Cup record

Australia's OFC Nations Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 1973 Did not participate
New Caledonia 1980 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 24 4
1996 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 14 0
Australia 1998 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 23 3
French Polynesia 2000 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 26 0
New Zealand 2002 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 23 2
Australia 2004 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 32 4
2008–onwards Not OFC member
Total 4 titles 6/10 28 24 2 2 142 13

1980 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 1980 Oceania Cup winners (1st title)
  • GK Banovic
  • GK Woodhouse
  • DF Bozanic
  • DF Davidson
  • DF Hogg
  • DF Moulis
  • MF Bertogna
  • MF Blair
  • MF Christopoulos
  • MF Kay
  • MF Raskopoulos
  • MF Selemidis
  • MF Sharne
  • FW Brusasco
  • FW Hunter
  • FW Krncevic
  • Coach: Gutendorf
Australia

Group B

Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 20 2 6
2  New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 12 11 4
3  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 6 22 2
4  New Hebrides 3 0 0 3 6 9 0
Australia 8–0 New Caledonia
Danny Moulis
Ian Hunter 2
Paul Kay 2
Eddie Krncevic 3		 (Report)
Australia 1–0 New Hebrides
Eddie Krncevic (Report)

Final

Australia 4–2 Tahiti
Paul Kay 4' 29'
Danny Moulis
Vic Bozanic		 (Report) Andre Wabealo
Erroll Bennett

1996 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 1996 OFC Nations Cup winners (2nd title)
Australia

Semi-final

New Zealand 0 – 0 Australia
(Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)
Australia 3 – 0 New Zealand
Damian Mori 33'
Paul Wade 45' pen
Joe Spiteri 51'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,858
Referee: Simon Micallef (AUS)

Final

Tahiti 0 – 6 Australia
(Report) Ernie Tapai 5'
Paul Trimboli 20'
Kris Trajanovski 25', 28', 44', 89'
Olympic Stadium, Papeete
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)
Australia 5 – 0 Tahiti
Robbie Hooker 11'
Kris Trajanovski 21', 36', 54'
Rupena Raumati 31' (og)		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,421
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

1998 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 1998 OFC Nations Cup runners-up
Australia

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Australia 6 2 2 0 0 19 1 +18
Fiji 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1
Cook Islands 0 2 0 0 2 0 19 -19
Australia 3–1 Fiji
Mori 2', 25', 44' (Report) Masinisau 62'
Attendance: 900
Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)
Australia 16–0 Cook Islands
Trimboli 1', 12', 63'
Mori 8', 15', 30', 34'
Maloney 17', 89'
Ceccoli 42'
Trajanovski 48', 68', 76' (pen), 88'
Chipperfield 66'
Halpin 80'		 (Report)
Attendance: 600
Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

Semi-final

Australia 4-1 Tahiti
Mori 1', 32', 81'
Veart 86'		 (Report) Labaste 55'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

Final

New Zealand 1-0 Australia
Burton 24' (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

2000 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 2000 OFC Nations Cup winners (3rd title)
Australia

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 6 2 2 0 0 23 0 +23
 Solomon Islands 3 2 1 0 1 5 7 -2
 Cook Islands 0 2 0 0 2 1 22 -21
Australia 17–0 Cook Islands
Agostino 18', 68'
Muscat 21', 45' (pen)
Tiatto 24'
Foster 30', 42', 51', 80'
Zdrilic 35', 65'
Lazaridis 55'
Popovic 60'
Corica 70'
Zane 82', 87', 89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Leaustic (Tahiti)
Australia 6–0 Solomon Islands
Chipperfield 6'
Zane 13', 35'
Omokirio 36' (OG)
Muscat 39' (pen)
Cardozo 43'		 (Report)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

Semi-final

Australia 1 – 0 Vanuatu
Kevin Muscat 5' pen (Report)
Attendance: 300

Final

Australia 2 – 0 New Zealand
Shaun Murphy 40'
Craig Foster 66'		 (Report)
Attendance: 300

2002 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 2002 OFC Nations Cup runners-up
Australia

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 9 3 3 0 0 21 0 +21
 Vanuatu 6 3 2 0 1 2 2 0
 Fiji 3 3 1 0 2 2 10 -8
 New Caledonia 0 3 0 0 3 1 14 -13
Australia 2–0 Vanuatu
Mori 69'
Despotovski 85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)
Australia 11–0 New Caledonia
Despotovski 2', 56' (pen), 76', 77'
Horvat 15'
Chipperfield 22', 35'
Mori 34'
Costanzo 83'
Porter 86'
Trimboli 90+'		 (Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)
Australia 8–0 Fiji
Milicic 4'
Porter 7', 12', 45', 52'
Juric 36'
Trimboli 46'
De Amicis 89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)

Semi-final

Australia 2–1
(AET)		 Tahiti
Porter 88'
Mori 96'		 (Report) Zaveroni 38'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)

Final

New Zealand 1–0 Australia
Nelsen 78' (Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)

2004 OFC Nations Cup

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Australia squad – 2004 OFC Nations Cup winners (4th title)
Australia

Group stage

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 4 1 0 21 3 +18 13 Nations Cup final
2  Solomon Islands 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 10
3  New Zealand 5 3 0 2 17 5 +12 9
4  Fiji 5 1 1 3 3 10 −7 4
5  Tahiti 5 1 1 3 2 24 −22 4
6  Vanuatu 5 1 0 4 5 9 −4 3
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Australia 1 – 0 New Zealand
Bresciano 40' (Report)
Attendance: 12,130
Australia 9 – 0 Tahiti
Cahill 14', 47'
Skoko 43'
Simon 44' (o.g.)
Sterjovski 51', 61', 74'
Zdrilic 85'
Chipperfield 89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
Australia 6 – 1 Fiji
Madaschi 6', 50'
Cahill 39', 66', 75'
Elrich 89'		 (Report) Gataurua 19'
Vanuatu 0 – 3 Australia
(Report) Aloisi 25', 85'
Emerton 81'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)
Solomon Islands 2 – 2 Australia
Menapi 43', 75' (Report) Cahill 50'
Emerton 52'

Final

Solomon Islands 1 – 5 Australia
Batram Suri 60' (Report) Skoko 5', 28'
Milicic 19'
Emerton 43'
Elrich 79'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Australia 6 – 0 Solomon Islands
Milicic 5'
Kewell 8'
Vidmar 60'
Thompson 79'
Elrich 82'
Emerton 89'		 (Report)
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 19,208
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

Goalscorers

Player Goals 1980 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Damian Mori 14 10 1 3
Kris Trajanovski 11 7 4
Paul Trimboli 6 1 3 2
Joel Porter 6 6
Tim Cahill 6 6
Vaughan Coveny 6 6
Ian Hunter 5 5
Eddie Krnčević 5 5
Craig Foster 5 5
Clayton Zane 5 5
Bobby Despotovski 5 5
Paul Kay 4 4
Scott Chipperfield 4 1 2 1
Kevin Muscat 4 4
Danny Moulis 3 3
Ante Milicic 3 1 2
Josip Skoko 3 3
Mile Sterjovski 3 3
Ahmad Elrich 3 3
Brett Emerton 3 3
Vic Bozanic 2 2
Peter Sharne 2 2
Brad Maloney 2 2
Paul Agostino 2 2
Adrian Madaschi 2 2
John Aloisi 2 2
Arno Bertogna 1 1
Paul Wade 1 1
Joe Spiteri 1 1
Ernie Tapai 1 1
Robbie Hooker 1 1
Alvin Ceccoli 1 1
Troy Halpin 1 1
Carl Veart 1 1
Mark Burton 1 1
Danny Tiatto 1 1
Stan Lazaridis 1 1
Tony Popovic 1 1
Steve Corica 1 1
Pablo Cardozo 1 1
Shaun Murphy 1 1
Steve Horvat 1 1
Angelo Costanzo 1 1
Ante Jurić 1 1
Fausto De Amicis 1 1
Mark Bresciano 1 1
David Zdrilic 1 1
Harry Kewell 1 1
Tony Vidmar 1 1
Archie Thompson 1 1
Total 139 22 12 24 23 22 36

See also

References

  1. ^ "Country Info". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
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